Eighteen Canadians were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboard. It was on en route to Nairobi, Kenya.
The Edmonton woman was travelling with her daughter to Kenya to visit their relatives.
Odowaa’s brother Mohamed Hassan Ali, of Toronto said she had lots of friends and described her as a “very nice person, very outgoing, very friendly.”, that “it’s such a tragic thing” and “so unexpected.”A family friend told The Canadian Press that Odowaa has lived in Edmonton since 2006.Lwugi worked as an accountant with the city and was on his way to visit Kenya to visit both his and his wife’s parents who live in the west of the country.“He is a man who loves peace.
Lwugi leaves behind his wife Kivia, a domestic violence counsellor with the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter, and their three children aged 17, 19 and 20, all of whom live at home.Lwugi had come to Canada in 2003 and sponsored his family to join him three years later. The family has lived in Calgary for 12 years.CTV News Channel confirmed with her mother that her daughter Danielle had died in the plane crash.
When reached by phone, she said her daughter had wanted to be a hero but said, “I needed my own hero. I need my Danielle.”, Moore had posted on Saturday that she was “so excited” and “beyond privileged” to announce that she had been chosen to attend United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi., she wrote she was looking forward to share with her followers what she’d learn at the conference.
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